turkey and syria adds closer to conflict with a fresh exchange of shelling across the border as ankara warns that war isn't far off. bahraini police used tear gas and water cannon after crowds of pro-democracy protesters to say on the nation's capital to push for more rights and and to wall rule. russia demands justice for twenty four year old student beaten half to death in a canadian detention center. has made his way as outspoken socialist leader and he's young democratic rival gear up for sunday's neck and neck presidential polls we look at they are trapped records the mood of the nation.

and it's ten am in the russian capital you're watching r t with me or even josh welcome to the program turkey has warned syria against making what it calls a fatal mistake by repeating strikes across the border ankara's forces fired back on friday in response to get another mortar strike the casualties have been reported in the latest exchange which comes just days after five turkish civilians were killed by syrian shelling officials say the two countries are close to all out war with ankara now authorized by its lawmakers to sam troops into syria if necessary for many eight hours including russia calling for calm and restraint this comes as fighting between government forces and rebels intensifies across syria with surgeons claiming to have shot down a military helicopter and it jack. author and journalist epstein are towns he says

damascus will retaliate of pulled into a broader conflict. this kind of flashpoint is the kind of flashpoint that can create world war three. as some people have it this is a false flag operation we're getting these reports of this continued as it were a reaction from the judge government ok so one will face political problems at home but then why were they speaking with the iranians talking about how this needs a diplomatic solution not a military one if turkey continue under the agreements made in vote this would draw in a way to situation a wider fears here over the war and risks expanding it the people of syria and the people of turkey will not benefit from this nature says that they'll defend their the nato member if turkey continue like this syria might see itself getting increasingly desperate and retaliate with full force then it's up to the united states and britain and european nato allies just figure out what to do what we need

urgently right now is a peace conference certainly it's up to china and russia because they're the only people stopping a full scale war the kind of war that will only help but forces it looks like such as al qaeda united states is again supporting al-qaeda and turkey who stood to one should know much better than to try and help out guy and he's been doing his best to fight the forces that are all through his president's. part he also spoke to the iraqi prime minister to get a stance on the development of the syrian conflict his interview and more extensive analysis that article plus. a small farmer taking out a biotech giant as the u.s. supreme court agrees to review his appeal at a line for details. now police have used water cannon and tear gas to disperse hundreds of pro-reform demonstrators in bahrain's capital manama the unrest came as protesters marched in a funeral procession. for an activist who died in prison after allegedly being

denied proper medical treatment people in the crowd began throwing rocks and petrol bombs when security officers drive a stop that authorities have been cracking down on the opposition for twenty months but man it continue hitting the streets demanding equal rights and an end to the sunni market around eighty people have been killed and thousands arrested including prominent human rights activists have bailed her job is now serving three years in prison for attending an illegal demonstration a former m.p. side. says there is hypocrisy in the way the west reacts to them dressed involve rain. the problem the double standard which practice by old those who student john trees. they do consume on those regimes who. let's say we each relationship with them or probably they consider them as enemies but like old regime it's

a part of the system they have roots are for glaciers share they give them some let's say support. as one proves they may take some for the cities they have the only from our countries doubts are on. what's happening here although it's not clear. what's happening somewhere else. and still ahead for you in the program here in our crime the fusion of the how unsuspecting one there is are facing multiple fine simply for leading their everyday lives. twenty four year old russian student remains in critical condition after being brutally beaten in a canadian the tension center two months ago danny's telecasts was arrested after he allegedly threatened another student russia's foreign ministry has demanded an investigation into the incident in calgary police have yet to bring any charges in

relation to the assault telecast sister eleanor available believes canadian authorities are being negligent. very often it's happening over there and it's been an awful lot but. then with anything good. in the worst i mean condition are. still way to go you know eating i mean you have. to live your own article your car is still far away from that you know it's very slow recovery and i do not believe that even didn't try to reach. you know they are not commenting anything in the absolutely they are not helping me with how to be just as you know they give you a little bit in the library. he lives there are. really hard in here he might not qualify because he. doesn't plan either but there are the social governmental

programs in the can use that they have to save for some and they have to begin with what the calendar did and i don't need money or whatever i'd want him to be but i can i'm alive i want him outside of canada. and that can act presidential election the finale is predicted for sunday in venezuela the outspoken socialist leader of the charges and these young democratic rival have made their file pitches and the country has an hour and a day of silence. is in caracas with all the pre-election drama. there's no question who these venezuelans will be voting for comic tobar seventh. we are here because we support our president chavez he does many things to help us housing education programs helping the poor everything here has gotten a lot better because of him everything has changed. their red shirts brand them is

the lifeblood of the venezuelan president's leftist movement through out his fourteen years in power for the hundreds of thousands of supporters who gathered in caracas on thursday the message was clear they want six more years of. his supporters say that chavez is the country's first president to genuinely care about the lower class. chavez is the punishment of the rich and the window of hope to the poor. under the banner of socialism for the twenty first century chavez has pumped hundreds of billions of petro dollars into the economy and government run aid programs along with earning him popular support poverty has fallen from fifty percent in one thousand nine hundred nine to around thirty percent last year yet life in this country is far from ideal and with the plague of unemployment crime and corruption many venezuelans are now saying it's time for chavez to go but. i'm one of those who voted for chavez but his time has passed and

we need a change. in this race change means a vote for opposition leader in the us a forty year old lawyer who unlike chavez enjoyed a privileged upbringing with the son of a wealthy family that controls a media conglomerate and a chain of movie theaters has gained supporters by promising to combat crime unemployment and corruption but opponents have charged that capri less is deliberately hiding his real economic goals the candidates are. the work of the cabin says the man of the people he's come from this kind of work now works. to change and the other kid reading these days is a man of the wealthy elite of the guard who would implement privatization the only . good thing terry is it's a choice between two radically different worldviews a referendum and then as well as socialist experiment. in just

the way out. is the captain of our team. yes media coverage of the election in venezuela has been criticized as one sided against a good job as an author and analyst bill fletcher says the incumbent leader is ideology has long been a headache for washington it is because president child is from the very beginning has been asserting the sovereignty of venezuela the desire to change the economic rules and this runs counter to the economic philosophy that comes are the united states so no matter what chavez has done very different points he ends up being more blamed as some sort of demon and we can remember this in a crew of two thousand and two for us was quick to recognize the coup people and quick to denounce charges venezuela could be an example for other countries i mean

here you have a country that is seeing that neo liberal economics is failing the planet that the polarization of wealth which we see not just in one country not just in two countries but globally is completely toxic it must be addressed and that there must be a redistribution of wealth the companies cannot run roughshod over the rest of the planet i mean this is antithetical to what's been known as the washington consensus so in that sense they receive a president chavez. as a threat. what unites us now take a look at some of the stories from around the world a mass rally is set to take part in venice as people call for the region's independence from rome this comes after violent clashes between students and the police broke out in several italian cities the latest show anger against prime minister mario monti spending cuts despite government efforts only continues to slide deeper into recession with the youth unemployment rate at thirty five percent

. u.s. defense secretary leon panetta has lashed out at the afghan president saying the country's leader should thank nato forces for fighting and dying for his country. he was responding johnny carson eyes complaints this thursday that washington is failing to go after a military base in pakistan iraq comes as the alliance continues to suffer so-called insider attacks which have gabs turned their guns on coalition troops some two thousand u.s. soldiers have lost their lives since the war began in two thousand and one. the world's top lad the producer has fired twelve thousand employees for striking over wages in south africa to attempt to chose a wave of mass walkouts have seen the firm some for the losses of over eighty million dollars that is mining industry has been plagued by a wildcat protests with some resulting in death it's just one day in august thirty

four workers were killed during bloody clashes. in troops are in circling the city of body while the former stronghold of the country's ousted leader moammar gadhafi locals are claiming the city is practically under siege with food and fuel supplies blocked tensions were sparked by the death of a former rebel credited with the colonel's capture the man in question was kidnapped and held up near a body while that he died shortly after his release due to injuries inflicted by his captives tripoli is demanding the release of other captives in the region. watching on also to come this hour pre-election excitement. so tardo all of it you know i mean it's almost like it's more than twenty four hours of coverage on everything. on the eve of the u.s. presidential elections we asked people in america how they feel about the race for

the white house that's just ahead after a short break. in the glow of russia's no phone away from civilization and instantly all one helicopter treat from the nearest village. they stole the family have been living here for a long time in tents made of reindeer skins. lodging

runs in a signal and minutes they also grew up in the but left it at the age of six and never returned they now live in the city in apartment building but still remember their regions. was flooded it was a dancing teacher. was. next to his den says he tells the stories about his motherland. laws in europe to now has a one thousand strong rangy heard when the any malay saw the light can and mosques around bruges gather the turns and move to another pasha they travel hundreds of kilometers in winter we men and children for them. the two families have less of

a chance to come across each other they belong to different worlds even though there's sometimes a similar. my parents really truly honestly believe that what had happened was as a result of my father's exposure to agent orange i was born with multiple problems . i was missing my leg. and my fingers and my big toe on my right foot i use my hands a lot in my artwork i find myself drawing my hands quite a bit to me where my hands you know just as if anyone would. but they do tell a story they tell a story of. their oxen. what

you are to live from moscow when we were in a josh drinking dog walking even feeding the birds all of t.v. is now considered criminal in hundreds of london sparks the move has been slammed by civil liberties groups as an attack on personal freedoms while the government insists the ban is a ban in place as to tackle anti-social behavior or do surfer has more here in this park and london if you all found drinking alcohol all growing up all or even

feeding the pigeons in a person they'd be committing a criminal oath of all a surprise will serve a lot of people we're joined now by the appleton the creator of the google maps banned in london which sets out the people these zones in london where you could commit an offense the century for these activities that most people wouldn't see in iraq he pretty legit think he'd tell us more about what sort of things people should be looking out for exactly and i think all these activities are things people would consider to be quite ordinary so handing out leaflets having a drink in the park with your friends walking your dog we realize that over the past few years you've seen the growth of zones where quite ordinary activities are prohibited the banned in london map shows a whopping four hundred thirty five of these prejudicial designs aimed at tackling and she say she behavior the might have been the. policy idea in theory has local people say and it up a very bad policy in practice meaning hardline crackdowns on the softest of

misdemeanors disconcertingly many bars in london have now hired private contractors to carry out the enforcement of these fines phil morris knows all about them after his local council hired excell services he received an eighty pound penalty for dropping a cigarette butt and that he maintains he didn't know it was illegal he refused to pay. for. the just to our ex for the private security and surveillance of the main providers of so-called enforcement offices in the u.k. contracted by some local councils first start they kitted out with cameras and uniforms but their tactics for pursuing these fines often seem far from professional all of the star wars.

well the white. people we asked those local council for their response they told r.t. these new offices back up our support for the public who are not with the actions of the minority who litter and walk away when their dog fowls. are litter and not get paid unless the issue of find appropriately. only get paid if they find someone to find a fact confirmed by a glance at their website which is local councils that their service is risk free and they won't charge and penalty and surprising then that the areas where x. will have been hired has seen a massive increase in the number of fines that irish eat and there's now concern over whether that is fair or ethical accountability the transparency i recently dealt in the home affairs select committee which looks at these issues with a case of on the bar of new and which has law enforcement officers who are in fact

council officials but dressed up like police having promised them a commission is going to look into it because it's it's actually i think a criminal activity to pretend to be a police officer when you're not and i'm very concerned about how about that trend is going i think in the past it would be assumes that people knew the law the law was reasonable and so long as you weren't creating a problem then you could do what you like but increasingly it seems that that is no longer the case these findings may be surprising for sun but the truth is these types of laws and offenses have been creeping up on us the some time now and they're actually growing in number so also the moment you can enjoy the parks in london but if you do not feed the. and in the u.s. presidential race barack obama is being sued by chinese own company which he blocked from buying when farm in america the chinese investors claim obama use issued the order without any explanation comes as the white house faces more

pressure from the republicans to toughen up on beijing and some observers say a bomb is simply trying to u.s. voters the timing is somewhat suspicious just because the two presidential candidate. to to outdo each other in demonizing china in this whole book presidential campaign jever again today when president obama governor romney both war then have to do so. for them for all the damage that has been incurred and rather unnecessarily so i think i think the american people understand the u.s. senator relations far better than the candidates seem to think they understand and somehow they feel that putting this negative on china is going to gain them votes and i don't believe that they're right and as the world weighs the possible

outcomes of november's u.s. presidential ballots our resident laurie harvest took to the streets of new york to find out voters what voters make of the race so far. the two thousand and twelve presidential elections why are they so boring this week let's talk about that. so tired of all of it you know i mean it's almost like it's more than twenty four hours of coverage on everything you know no matter what happens and nothing happened exactly having said that i think obama's going to win do you think he believes in himself as much as he did four years ago because he seems kind of tired here he seems like he's a little frustrated i think he's more tired of me. just all of this like he just wants to get it over to november and just like ok give me you know my polls and let me when he says bored with the elections as we are very much president obama's thing with the first african-american president oh so exciting no it's boring me

again i don't know if there's going to be as much of a turnout for voters this year are you going to vote absolutely we're talking about the election you know. that i'm an american you haven't let me vote now yeah we don't let a lot of americans vote to you apparently why do you want to run don't you think either candidate can get it done i think there's too much corruption in the government i mean this should be important right. ship but how can it be a problem with any. there's no really a choice right it's one of the other and if by a really good option then what you do and the bush kerry kerry yeah i was just like i like which one do i like the least ok i'll use the other a vote of the other one test so it's kind of the same thing as two thousand and four that maybe it's just like one of those here the new times a new age you need to support the people of your country is very important so is that what there is that what's missing this year neither of them are really

speaking to the people yes forty seven percent that came from running out of thirty percent thing that came from ryan and. a lot of presidents telling us that they don't care about it right at this point a month away from elections i feel like they just wants to be to get it over with and they just want to hear more details of the plans and get it over with and get on with it and do something great and say yeah what could they do this now as things up but not that smart. yet they're the smart ones with all the millions of dollars do you think they get put on a better show right for you whether or not you think this election is boring the bottom line is we only have about a month until it's finally over and we can all gladly move on. and coming up in just a few minutes we look at the scars of war still visible in vietnam almost four decades after the u.s. troops left the country.

on his day starts at five am even earlier in the winter tending to his flock of story hundred sheep in the mountains and pains of. those five years old it wasn't the life he dreamt of having studied accounting but you just unfamiliar dictated that he would take on the care of these animals after his father. he's just made camp at their winter farm stage setting up his ute judicial to fenian round tent made of diskin. his p.c. back amongst his family his job is a lonely one and tough going out in a way there's braving streams of plus to minus forty degrees celsius it's just that i'm with them there are certain difficulties there's not enough time for everything i'm almost alone my sister works with my mother my mother is seventy five she's very old and i miss mountains when i'm in town and i spend

a lot of time here probably most of us simply carrying out the work that his father did and his father before him nothing has changed over many many centuries and that's half the problem it's hard work and many people don't want to come into the industry now and that's where they fit their could die out altogether. it's difficult to manage everything alone i used to have people who helped me but they were no good they didn't take care of the sheep with all their heart they hurt the cattle. with more people leaving than coming to the countryside the region's government is having to act making the life of the herd and more attractive than promising. and livestock and organizing cooperatives for the sale of day put out to ensure the hoda get the highest fair price i asked sympathizes with those youngsters leaving for an easier more profitable life they in their publics capital because ill but he no longer wishes to join them he enjoys his pastoral way of life

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dot com. welcome including. science technology innovation all the latest developments from around russia we've got the huge earth covered. i mean all those years of dealing with p.t.s.d. and vietnam and agent orange in vietnam agent orange that's what it was like all those years you know america's moved on left us stuck in time how dare they we're going to come out and we're going we're going to take over where the veterans voice has been stopped has been discontinued they think that that's all that was necessary to hide their lives but they're wrong because they forgot about the widow this is.